Using The Basic Stage Climbing Drill

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Putting Stage Climbing to work for you in any area of your life is a lot simpler that you might think. Here is the basic drill, which is a protocol you can apply to an issue in any area of your life:

• Identify a hook, issue, or an area of your life in which you believe you are not functioning optimally:

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• Identify the stage from which you are currently operating with regard to the above issue, hook, or aspect of your life:

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Two Sources of Mentors

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If you could have any mentor in the world (who is ether alive today or has ever lived), who would that person or those persons be? Take a current dilemma or situation you are considering or with which you are now struggling. When you have something in mind, write a short essay—even a paragraph or two—on how that person would handle (or advise you to handle or resolve) your issue or dilemma. What do your “mentors” believeabout your circumstances that you would be much better off believing? Keep in mind the fact that you can have as many Read more

How to Climb Through the Stages of Life with Maturity

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The world is a virtual classroom and simply by living in it you’ve learned practically all you now know about life. But sometimes along the way you may need a little “tutoring” to get to a higher “grade” or stage—especially when your organic or natural process becomes stuck or you are anticipating a major life change.

As a psychologist, I have yet to meet the person who does not have to help their naturalmaturation process along to some extent in order to stay on the path to their potential, in an area of life. Read more

Connecting With Your Source of Your Passion

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To the extent that you believe, as I do, that the most powerful answers and guidance you seek reside inside of yourself just waiting to be accessed, it’s crucial to find a regular practice to tap into this precious source of information, passion, and peace. Examples include regular meditation, yoga, long quiet and reflective walks, visualization and journeying, or a combination of them that uniquely suits you. They all provide excellent tools to deepen your conscious connection with your inner core. Whatever gets you there is the best intervention at Stages Six and higher. There are numerous sources of information available to help you develop and enhance these practices as staples in your life. Some of the best books as well as places where meditation and other practices are taught can be found right here at StageClimbing.com/resources. Read more

A Roadmap to Fulfillment

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We’re fortunate to live in a world that makes progress and doesn’t usually allow things to be the way they were. Thus, there is more opportunity, equality and encouragement for everyone to follow their dreams and passions.But then what?

The first real step to maximizing your potential is to ask yourself, “What do I really want?” That’s the question I asked when I wanted to move from my early accounting career. I realized that what I really wanted to do was tohelp people resolve non-financial life issues. This lead me to go back to graduate school to become a psychologist. Read more

Ideal Attitudes for Stage Climbing, by the Stages

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These are some ideal attitudes for removing a lower-stage hook and climbing to a higher stage that you have chosen for virtually any area of your life, according to the stage you are operating at presently. Tweak them to fit you exactly and then use them as motivators whenever you need to throughout your Stage Climbing process: Read more

The Power Behind Our Hooks at Each Stage

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Since it’s our attitudes and beliefs that power our hooks to each of the seven stages, let’s take a look at exactly what they are and how to gain mastery over them, so that they don’t control you.

To start this process, here are examples of the most common attitudes or beliefs behind the hooks that disrupt your stage climb at the various stages. Resolve, on an ongoing basis, to challenge and change any of them that continue to get in your way or hold you back: Read more

Seeking Answers, and Finding Them in the New Book Stage Climbing: The Shortest Path to Your Highest Potential

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I’ve always been a seeker and I have followed many paths towards becoming enlightened. I studied yoga because I thought it would help me find some of the answers to life’s biggest mysteries. I took a meditation course wanting to tap into my highest state of consciousness. I went to hear the Dali Lama speak in New York City to learn from this wise and holy man. And I’ve read his teachings and those of many others including self-help gurus Deepak Chopra and Stephen Covey. Read more

Benevolence is Your Calling: Find More Meaning in Your Life by Giving Back

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If you have achieved a high level of accomplishment in your career and personal life, you may have found that you’ve become a victim of your own success— by realizing that things which used to motivate you no longer do. If this situation speaks to you, then giving back may be the answer.

Something more may be needed to bring meaning back into your own life; and there’s no better way than to shift your focus to the needs of others. The perfect starting point is often a place of gratitude for all the good things you have been able to manifest and enjoy in your own life, or even simply gratitude for life itself. Read more

Out of Work in a Down Market? Base Your Next Move on Your Passions and Desire, Not Fear

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Career change has become a natural choice for many at some point in life, but it’s an entirely different situation when you’re forced to make a change, while the U.S. jobless rate is hovering at over 8% and you’re part of that statistic.

Instead of being desperate to take any job that comes along in this difficult market, now may be the time for you to finally make your career about whatever is your true passion. Many people have discovered— even in this economy— that they could successfully do this with much less difficulty than they thought. You only have to look beyond your fear! Read more